Apple Watch Emergency SOS saves woman after near-fatal carbon monoxide poisoning

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in Apple Watch edited January 2

A student in Delaware was saved from carbon monoxide poisoning thanks to a last-minute use of Emergency SOS on her Apple Watch.

Emergency SOS on Apple Watch
Emergency SOS on Apple Watch



Apple Watch may be known for saving people due to abnormal heart rate alerts or fall detection, but it's also a great communication device. If one woman's Apple Watch wasn't strapped to her wrist, the results could have been fatal.

According to a report from CBS News Philadelphia, discovered by 9to5Mac, A Delaware student named Natalie Nasatka was able to use her Apple Watch to contact emergency services before losing consciousness from carbon monoxide poisoning. She was feeling the symptoms associated with carbon monoxide poisoning, like exhaustion and dizziness, and managed to use the Emergency SOS feature on her Apple Watch to contact emergency services.

The fire department showed up and saved her. According to the fire department, carbon monoxide levels were dangerously high at 80 parts per million.

"When I heard the firefighters yell out 'fire department' and they yanked me out of bed, I just started crying and saying 'I want to live. I want to live,'" she said in the report. "I've been riding waves of emotions."

A faulty heater may have been the culprit in leaking excess levels of carbon monoxide. Nasatka says she didn't have a carbon monoxide detector.

Apple Watch Emergency SOS

By default

, your Apple Watch can call emergency services by holding the Side Button down for 5 seconds. Holding the button will reveal a menu, and then a timer will start counting down.

Emergency SOS will contact emergency services, like 911 in the United States. It also sends a message to all of your registered emergency contacts.

Like in Nasatka's case, the ability to get ahold of emergency responders can depend entirely on what device is on you or nearby. This is why Apple Watch can be such an important tool, as it's always with you.



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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    looplessloopless Posts: 330member
    I mentioned before, we were saved from our house maybe burning down when our HomePod detected the  smoke alarm going off and alerted us. We were able to rush home and pull food off the stove before things got more serious.
    thtchasmddawson100Bart Y
  • Reply 2 of 5
    chasmchasm Posts: 3,308member
    Hey, Apple, I’ve just had an idea for another sensor you can pack into the Apple Watch! :smile: 

    But seriously, so glad she had an Apple Watch on, and the presence of mind to have it call emergency services.
    thtBart Y
  • Reply 3 of 5
    fred1fred1 Posts: 1,112member
    It’s wonderful that another life was saved by an Apple Watch. 

    Have we seen lives saved by other brands of smartwatches?

    (and a thought: Apple Watch 12 - includes a carbon monoxide detector!  :#)
    Bart Y
  • Reply 4 of 5
    XedXed Posts: 2,574member
    Can a CO detector be put into a device the size of a Watch? I don't feel like the tech is small enough. I wonder if it would work in an iPhone or iPad. A HomePod would surely work, though. They do use very little power so that's a plus if we the tech can be reduced enough for a Watch.
    edited January 3 Bart Y
  • Reply 5 of 5
    GrannySmith99GrannySmith99 Posts: 45member
    loopless said:
    I mentioned before, we were saved from our house maybe burning down when our HomePod detected the  smoke alarm going off and alerted us. We were able to rush home and pull food off the stove before things got more serious.

    Why were you away from home with food cooking on the stove? Asking for trouble?
    StrangeDays
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